ol wire side put one of these sideways in the track when i picked a r72lb rail out of the mudd and caught in a joint in the rail we had just changed out on a steel gang
The line had its first run at the end of 2009. They have since replaced much of the dirt ballast with stone. Check out my most recent video to see the line in action.
Nice video. Plowing the soil away from the roadbed to improve drainage, perhaps to access teh sides for tie replacments and ballast addition. Love the sound of that barely muffled Detroit Diesel!!!
I feel bad now about my pessimistic critism of the line. It could afterall be suitable for a trackmobile towing a 50ft boxcar with a little bit of work. Maybe some rock put into the roadbed so that dirt doesn't make so much of the ballast ratio.
The entire ROW was never abandoned, but rather went unused for a period of years. The last time they ran an engine to Upton (on this section of track) was 5 years ago for a test run. 10 years since any revenue runs.
What ballast?
BGleaves123 9 months ago
ol wire side put one of these sideways in the track when i picked a r72lb rail out of the mudd and caught in a joint in the rail we had just changed out on a steel gang
1xsooliner 1 year ago
i have a video of one of those on the cp line! the one that i saw sure made a lot of smoke!
celica825 1 year ago
wats tha point of this?
thelammantor 1 year ago
look out, if the clowns up in DC have their
way all ROW will look like the G&U.
yea rocky Re-Reg the rails.
bushwacker2008 2 years ago
nice video i use to run a regulor just like that one except didnt have the one pass plow is the track use today?
railman247 2 years ago
The line had its first run at the end of 2009. They have since replaced much of the dirt ballast with stone. Check out my most recent video to see the line in action.
SkiScorcher88 2 years ago
Nice video. Plowing the soil away from the roadbed to improve drainage, perhaps to access teh sides for tie replacments and ballast addition. Love the sound of that barely muffled Detroit Diesel!!!
BudmanPackfan 2 years ago
@BudmanPackfan so i'm not the only one that noticed the good 'ol 2 stroke detroit very nice
aspenGF8 2 months ago
I guess what's called ballast for this line is a mix of 90% dirt and 10% crushed rock (lol).
tarmac2001 2 years ago
Optimist (LOL)
EnterMarkSpend 2 years ago
I feel bad now about my pessimistic critism of the line. It could afterall be suitable for a trackmobile towing a 50ft boxcar with a little bit of work. Maybe some rock put into the roadbed so that dirt doesn't make so much of the ballast ratio.
tarmac2001 2 years ago
I would imagine that they'll have to replace a bunch of ties there!!!
locoman306 2 years ago
Was this line abandoned and now being re-opened? Great Video!
chessie1976 2 years ago
The entire ROW was never abandoned, but rather went unused for a period of years. The last time they ran an engine to Upton (on this section of track) was 5 years ago for a test run. 10 years since any revenue runs.
SkiScorcher88 2 years ago
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railoperator 3 years ago
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railoperator 3 years ago
this is a great video I LOVE IT
MBTA000 3 years ago
great video and nice close ups
crash575 3 years ago
Nice video!
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FlyBikes089 3 years ago